Back to the Future
My parents first went to Findhorn together as part of the guest programme in 1980/81. They would have heard about the community through the UK 'New Age' network and in the early 1960's they lived
Sequence of events relating to the Purchase of The Caravan Park and Pineridge
Introduction As the topic of what happened at the time the Caravan Park was purchased has recently come up, I thought it would be interesting to see what we have in the Foundation archive files
The Story Behind Buying the Caravan Park
After focalising Cluny Kitchen, I spent a wonderful year from 1977–78 working with Michael Worth, Ian and Sheila Campbell and the Foundation’s Performing Arts Group. As we made the transition from performing in the tiny
The ‘magic’ which promoted our move from London to Findhorn
I grew up in Leicestershire, born in 1941 and around my twentieth year our local newspaper reported the story of Eileen’s reasons for her journey to Findhorn. I remember feeling intrigued and rather envious….I had
Topic – Buying the Caravan Park 1983
The Community and the Findhorn Foundation have gone through cycles of tremendous change, often triggered by a financial crisis. The years preceding the buying of the caravan park in 1983 represented such a time. In
The Kingdom Within – The Early 1980s: Caution and Retrenchment
Click to see whole book As a result of the controversies surrounding the acquisition of property and the distortion of glamour, a number of members left the Community. We entered a
What it takes – an exercise in magnetic resonant envisioning
(Editor's Note: François Duquesne in conversation with Cornelia Featherstone 2023) History repeats itself – hopefully in turns higher up on a spiral. In Spring 2023 we are reflecting on a previous turning point in the
Our Findhorn Barrel #5: Building an Ecovillage
When I arrived in 1978 the Community was in a crisis, eventually leading to the purchase of the Caravan Park in 1983. This gave us the opportunity to ground the vision of a 'planetary village',
Findhorn Early Days – Slide Show and Music
For the 60th Birthday Celebrations in November 2022 I put this slide show presentation together of photographs of early days showing people and events, accompanied by Findhorn music through the years. The slide show is
Faces of Findhorn – Manifestation, Finance and Right Livelihood (1980)
This chapter in the second section entitled Experience, it explores my own journey and insights working with the community's finances.
